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Let the volee- of the hungry be
heard. A Female Student and Voter,
SWIFT TACTICS. I am one of
Swift & Co.'s slaves and wish to show
the public how the beef gluttons dis
courage and take -the heart out of
their employes. Today each and
every employe received the follow
ing little "diddy";
If you stop to find oin what your
wages will be
And how they will clothe- and feed
you,
"Willie, my son, don't you go on the
sea;
For the sea will never need you.
If you ask for the reason of every
command
And argue with people about you,
Willie, my son, don't you go on the
land
For the land will do better with
out you.
If you stop to consider the work you
have done
And to boast what your labor is
worth, dear,
Angels may come for you, Willie, my
son,
. But you'll never be wanted on
earth, dear! '
f ftudyard Mpkng.
Now wouldn't that rattle the cher
ries on your grandmother's bonnet?
It certainly looks like a strong hint
to keep right on plugging and keep
mighty quiet about what your labor
is worth. In other words, don't ask
for a raise. If Swift & Co. would pay
their poor slaves more wages instead
of .spending money getting cards with
such slush printed on, all parties con
cerned would be better off. A Swift
A Co. Employe,
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THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
Work. Honesty.
Exercise. , Ideas,
Sleep. Temperance.
Detroit News,
RAP ATTEMPT T& PUT QVIFt
DUAL SCHOOL SYSTEM
Several hard knocks have been
handed the proposed, dual education
al system, which provid.es a school
for the children, of society and; anoth
er for the laboring man's sons and
daughters, since the Woman's Trade
Tnion league meeting in Orchestra
iall, at which Mrs. EDa Flagg Young,
sup't of schools, and Victor Olan
der of the Seamen's union slammed
the dual system upheld by former
Sup't of Schools: Cooley,
Aggressive action is now planned
by trade unionists. That it was a
menace to union labor was the opin
ion of Mrs. Young.
"It is an idea ajnong manufactur
ers that if the boys take a two-year
vocational trafn&g course under the
proposed system when they come out
they will fit into the open shop and in
a few years there will be no such
thing as a labor union man at work.
"If the proposed vocational train
ing system should be adopted the
unions must fight it by giving; the
boys credit as workmen while they
are in school and take them iato the
fold as journeymen under vaioa
wages."
Victor Olander of the Seame&'a
union also rapped the dual system
from standpoint of a labor uniqnlst
"I object to a system which says
that the child of a laborer gfeall al
ways be a laborer, and when we split
the schools into one for the pee and
another for the rich we are reach
ing that end.
"The duel educational sysiao Is
an attempt of the special Interests to
gain control of the school?, which
they have found impossible under the
present system.
"The rich manufacturer who' advo
cates two schools is content to send
his children to the old, 'useless' kiad
that now exist, hut h want tar send
our children to the trade scheefe to
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